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TITLE: CHURCH ARCHITECTURE - Santa Maria Maggiori Basilica - ROMAN

DESCRIPTION: ROMAN CHURCH STYLE # 1: BASILICA. Main church form in the West. Santa Maria Maggiori - Rome - 5th century, 100 yrs. after Constantine. Basic EARLY CHRISTIAN Basilica used GREEK STYLE: Roman courthouses designed on Basilican plan and used as churches: 1.Elongated/longitudinal room 2.Statue of emperor at end in round area or APSE became the altar area in the church 3.Direct access door 4.NARTHEX (front hall/porch) 5.NAVE (where congregation sits and higher elevation than aisles 6. AISLE (for traffic control) 7. AMBULATORY (for walking around altar) 8. RADIATING CHAPELS 9. CLERESTORY WINDOWS in tall walls of Nave 10.Free standing columns 11.Nave wall: colonnade separates nave and aisle. 12. Coffered, flat ceiling.